A versatile Washburn guitar with a spruce top, flamed maple back & sides, and an on-board preamp.

The Washburn Festival EA 20 acoustic-electric guitar is made with a spruce top and flamed maple back and sides. This versatile guitar has a mahogany neck that is topped with a rosewood fingerboard. Features include a rosewood bridge, chrome die-cast Grover style tuning machines, 4-band WT-92 Preamp with built-in tuner, white binding on body and neck, and a buff gloss finish.

Washburn guitars represent some of the best values on the market today. These handcrafted guitars use premium woods & materials and sound as great as they look. Compare the Washburn Festival guitar to acoustics costing twice the price and you'll be amazed at the tonal quality and value that is unique among guitars. Case sold separately.

I am sixty years of age now and have owned more guitars than I can remember, but this guitar is perfect for me.

It is almost as expressive to every nuance of style from harmonics, to soft hand muted picking, to high volume strumming of that of a banjo head.

It meets every single requirement for me as a musician, including looks! The blonde version I purchased reminded me so much of a George Benson GB10 I had back in the eighties, absolutely gorgeous fire maple backs and sides.

I just dropped by a local music store not even looking to buy, but after playing it for only 10 minutes, I walked it to the counter and bought it. I never even plugged it into an amp! ... but the on board electronics are no let down either! Fast and accurate pitch adjustable built in tuner, EQ, Notch, Volume, great sounding amplified as well.

I don't know if every single one of these guitars sounds and plays like mine, or if mine is just one of those rare combinations when the universe conspires and all the pieces fall into place to create and result in a perfect instrument, but all I do know is that I am in LOVE with this guitar!!

I ordered the EA20 from MF a few weeks ago. I received one that was damaged first, and it had very poor craftsmanship, excess glue on the seems, scuffs in the finish and a large spot where the finish had bubbled and completely flaked off, so I sent it back. I received another that was built better (better, not perfect) and started playing it immediately. There was some string buzz (not from neck bow which can be fixed with truss rod adjustment) but after some work, I got rid of it. It is a very nice looking guitar with some accents that make it pop (my head stock is not black, it is the same natural finish as the body) and the price isn't bad, but with the inconsistency of workmanship, you might get a good one, or you might get a lemon. Overall, I think you can get a better guitar for the price.

This is an awsome guitar that looks and sounds great. The perfect guitar for the intermediate or entry level guitarist. Even an experienced guitar player like myself (47 years)wont find too much to complain about. What I like is the full sound from the smaller body size. You cannot go wrong with this guitar.